a check on the top stories. three storm chasers are among the nine people killed in tornados in oklahoma. tim and his son and paul young were found following theened and they may have ended up in their cars in the path of the storm. we are getting a look at the destruction in else reno okay. oklahoma governor fallin was there touring the damage. the weather threat moves to the northeast. a twa coming up at 2:00 p.m. eastern. the streets of istanbul turkey are calmer today. they are cleaning up the mess after days of violent protests. police sprayed the protesters with water cannons and tear gas. it began as a small protest and
could be smuggled in undetected. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. it s one of the more mundane documents americans have to deal with, but for president obama, the tax return is politically charged in this, an election year. the white house released his 2011 files today along with that of the vice president, joe biden and there are some surprises in both documents. as lisa sylvester has been carefully going after these tax returns, what do you see? first off, the obamas, like the romneys, gave generously to charities. the president s income, which was $1.7 million in 2010 was down significantly as sales of his book dropped off, but the focus was on taxes and more specifically, rates. there are some surprises there. who was taxed at a higher rate? the president, mitt romney or the president s secretary? it might surprise you, but it s actually the president s secretary. she makes $95,000 a year. the obama administration confirms her rate is is higher than t
5:44 in the morning. beautiful live picture of the united states capitol. bill karins. tornados in oklahoma and areas of nebraska, willie, that was going to be the big concern today. east texas, that s the biggest area of concern. right now we have strong storms in oklahoma trying to drift towards oklahoma city so we ll watch that for the peak of your morning rush hour, about an hour or two from now, also the dallas/ft. worth area especially late this afternoon you have a chance of some tornados in your region. that s what we ll keep an eye on. as far as the forecast, warmth, unbelievable warmth continue as cross the country. if it s not thunderstorming near you, if you re east of the rockies it s going to be a very warm day. should be near 70 from philly to nshg city to hartford, pittsburgh and d.c., slight
okay, well that s kind of a bold prediction in a state where recent polling shows him trailing governor mitt romney by a few points. governor romney may have found added momentum with his win, he captured 83% of the vote, all 20 delegates. rick santorum was not able to garner much support. his own camp admitted damage was done when he told a local newspaper speaking english should be a requirement for puerto row coto gain state hood. rick santorum has a consistent show and when he went to puerto rico and took a locally unpopular it s hard to get through it. shocking. mitt romney on the other hand switched another of his positions to gain favor in puerto rico saying puerto ricans shouldn t have to learn english if they want to become a state. romney has twice as many delegates as any other candidates. tally he stands at 518 for governor romney. senator santorum with 239, newt gingrich has 139 and ron paul has 69 delegates for that congressman. so we re going to get
four ears years ago, the sago mine disaster struck west virginia killing 12 workers and prompted congress to pass the mine improvement and new emergency response act. this week more than two dozen miners died in an explosion at the massey energy coal mine which has been cited for safety violations more than 1300 times since 2005. two violations issued on the day of the blast. why didn t the media follow up on mining standards in west virginia? is this a story, jim, sometimes i think that, you know, the media only descend on west virginia when somebody like jessica lynch gets rescued or a mine blows up. or when robert byrd cuts a ribbon. public works. look, i agree there s a phenomenon here, a stereo type, it s like tornados in oklahoma that get you there, but look, i think some perspective on this